Unemployment

California by JT2016

California State Unemployment Rate Highest Since 1941

San Francisco Chronicle Saturday, April 18, 2009 BY TOM ABATE Chronicle Staff Writer The state unemployment rate soared to 11.2 percent in March, the highest since before World War II, leaving a record 2.1 million Californians out of work, according to a report issued Friday. Employment Development Department spokeswoman Patti Roberts said the March figure […]

U.S.A. by JT20162016

98% of Cities in America Report Unemployment Rise

By David Goldman CNNMoney.com staff writer Feb 4, 2009 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — In a sign that job losses are felt in every corner of the nation, unemployment rates rose in 98% of metropolitan areas across the country in December, according to a recent government report. The Labor Department reported that the unemployment rates in […]

Barack Obama by JT20162016

There’s a New Sheriff in Town and He’s Not Wearing a Cowboy Hat

You know you can whine all day about the idea that no matter what President Obama does in the next couple of years- we’re all in for some rough times- and you’d be right. But there’s just no accounting for the feeling an American citizen gets after a day like today- miserable, pissed off and […]

Tullycast by JT20162016

Stiglitz on The Great American Economy [must read]

VANITY FAIR Reversal of Fortune Describing how ideology, special-interest pressure, populist politics, and sheer incompetence have left the U.S. economy on life support, the author puts forth a clear, commonsense plan to reverse the Bush-era follies and regain America’s economic sanity. by Joseph E. Stiglitz November 2008 When the American economy enters a downturn, you […]